Dwight Rich School of the Arts

Dwight Rich School of the Arts, a large elementary school, is located in LANSING, Michigan. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 562 students. Enrollment is 52% higher than the average for elementary schools in Michigan, which is about 369.

Lansing Public School District is responsible for 26 schools, Dwight Rich School of the Arts included, with 10,048 students in all.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Dwight Rich School of the Arts. The largest is Black students, at 47%. Other students are 17% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That is higher than the 11% Black share among all Ingham County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 93%. The average for public schools in Ingham County is 49%.

Ingham County census figures show that the median household income is $65,526, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Ingham County is home to 100 public schools and about 37,914 public school students.

The closest other public school is Cole Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 106 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 15.2 in 2020-21.

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